Week 16: One Last Push Before Taper

91¼ miles for the week (December 28th to January 3rd)

M AM - 6¾ miles recovery run at 8:31 pace, Stars! 42°F at 4AM
M PM - missed
Tu - 13 miles at 7:05 pace, 51°F from 11AM
W - 14 miles at 7:24 pace, 53°F from 3PM; plus another 1¾ easy miles to recover car
Th - 11 miles easy at 8:19 pace, 51°F at 1PM
F - 13¼ miles with 5 miles at LT about 6:11 pace, overall average 6:58 pace, 53°F at 1PM with some sun
Sa - 11½ miles easy at 8:30 pace, some sun and 55°F at 11AM
Su - 20 miles, average 7:21 pace, 52°F from 2PM

After missing three runs last week, I decided to go to a two-week taper and put in some extra mileage this week. I got a nasty cold Thursday, but it didn't seem to hurt my running. The nice cool temperatures certainly helped!